Geek99

1 hour ago, MichaelDean said:

Welcome to BassChat! I'd say the simplest way to work it out would be to try emailing Sandberg with the serial number. Hopefully their records go back a ways, as that looks like an older model.

He says above that he has already done so to no avail 

1 hour ago, Downunderwonder said:

Yup. I supspect those people are far too busy making pots of money to be posting about bass toys on the internet.

 

I have owned a few latish model Fenders. Nothing from the last ten years. They had no obvious areas that could be improved. So I am not in seeing value in 5k£ versions.

It’s not often we agree, but I’m 100% with you on this one 

5 hours ago, neepheid said:

 

You're wasting your time.

You’re being me again. With more whiskey and tartan and stuff but still second-guessing my every reaction. Are you Elon musks patient zero ? 

20 minutes ago, Hobbayne said:

They also recently introduced the Fender American vintage II models, although they are much cheaper than the custom shop. 

Still insanely expensive 

Me also, mine was £300 to build and I honestly think £100 to a luthier would have made it at least as good as a lo spec CS 

8 minutes ago, Cliff Edge said:

My fingers are starting to look a bit misshapen, particularly on the the left, fretting, hand. However no serious pain, more an ache, as yet. I can still play as good, or bad, as ever. I’ve been taking calcium and vitamin D tablets for a couple of years but apart from stronger finger nails I haven’t notice any difference. I do have a pair of those magic gloves but rarely wear them.

I do notice they feel better in the summer months and that is probably due to warmer weather and salads with Extra Virgin Olive Oil dressing. 
My wife is more seriously affected and has been for several years. She takes turmeric capsules but again it’s difficult to judge any effectiveness.
She has recently started taking collagen powder and her hair has thickened up considerably. I just mention that in case anyone is interested. 

Turmeric works better if it has black pepper aka circumin added to it

34 minutes ago, jonnybass said:

Thanks I'd say fingers crossed but not sure if thats appropriate in this topic.

 

Jonny

I have this on my knees - wonder if it’s psoriatic arthritis 

I have this also - the telltale sign is thickening joints in your fingers. 
turmeric capsules are quite helpful, but get the ones with black pepper in them.
 

Also try fingerless gloves as suggested above 

If I could I’d have done so in a heartbeat but fortunately my subterranean talent levels have saved me 

I like it 

I think you should learn some theory, it makes it easier to understand what’s going on and to discuss music. I don’t think you need to learn to read music, I can just about though quite slowly. Learning that much hasn’t hindered me in any way. You already learned to read a language way more complicated than music. 

7 hours ago, SteveK said:

Are you a flat-Earther, perchance?

Nope

24 minutes ago, tauzero said:

 

Well, Wings didn't contribute anything to the progress of music (and they were shit). The Beatles did have some influence on their peers and successors, however you rate their own music. Some of their influence was negative, though, such as people thinking that the wretched Hofner violin bass was not only playable but even good. Poxy things.

How come you get to use profanity? 
glad I’m not the only one who didn’t think much of wings. 

On 16/02/2024 at 15:57, rwillett said:

 

@JohnH89

 

Thanks very much, keep hold of the vaneer for the moment. I'm going to focus on getting it built and working. Fripperies such as veneer backed

 

Fripperies is a much under-used word 

I’m sorry …# heresyalert I just don’t think the Beatles were all that and all the descendant bands were a bit meh…I’m not saying they were not musically talented, just more the sum of the parts than the whole 

order your tar and feathers now 

9 minutes ago, uncle psychosis said:

This thread has been far too inactive. 

 

Can anyone remind me of what the "normal" thinking is re:strings for a 32"? 

 

I can't remember if I can buy standard long scale ones or if short scales fit or if it's even more niche than that... 

 

 

Read back to @Lozz196 

9 minutes ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

So was Beatles.

 

Guitar music was on the way out.

 

Well, true, that took until the new millennium, but on the way out non the less...   

Agreed, both were still sh1t though 

3 hours ago, lonestar said:

He was in Wings though; "the band the Beatles could have been."

Yes but they were sh1t

1 hour ago, Richard R said:

And if @Geek99 is run over by a Maserati test driver while hitchhiking through Italy, disguised as a nun to evade intepol, on the way to make his purchase...?

 

Silly jokes aside - it is a thing of beauty.

 

 

I assume that you’ll be dressed as Mother Superior (not much change there then) in order to lull me into a false sense of security. It’s a disguise for me but a lifelong habit for @Richard R

We need sounds please

2 hours ago, honza992 said:

The finishing is ...finished.  This is 100% prototype, so I've not too worried about imperfections.  Both the french polish and the Osmo I think have worked nicely.  I'll do a proper write up on the finishes another day.  There's still a bit more setup to do.  Albeit with only a tiny amount of curve in the neck there's no fret buzz, so I may not bother fret levelling, they're level enough already.  And the neck joint I designed to have shims inserted to dial in the correct bridge height, but again it's pretty much spot, none needed. There was a lot of new stuff for me in this build, including a pretty complicated neck joint, so to have the geometry all line up is really satisfying.  The nut and saddle need work, and there's a bit of tidying here and there, but mostly it's done.  I'll try taking some proper photos not under the clinical lights of the workshop, but here it is warts n all:

 

 

I don’t see any actual warts. So if I have notice that @Frank Blank has accidentally cut his head off whilst shaving and then fallen out of a nine floor window, I mean just supposing… can I then be on pole position to relieve you of this immense burden ? 

6 minutes ago, honza992 said:

 

Yep, instinctively I feel as though phosphor bronze isn't right.  But it's probably worth at least giving them a go. 

 

And Chromes could be a good choice.  Even the 40-95s are significantly higher tension than tapewounds though.  And until it's been strung up a while with something lower tension, the additional tension of the Chromes worries me a bit.  But it wouldn't surprise me at all if they aren't the final choice.  Or La Bella Flats as @Frank Blank suggests.  I think I've got some Deep talkin tapewounds  - does anyone know if they have blue silks?

I found bronze a bit zingy and bright 

20 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

Yeah, with a bit more publicity he might become famous…

Pah 

he will never amount to anything… loser

Talk to John east - you need to balance the outputs. He has a product for this 

Want but don’t need. Dilemma